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☆ Huey Lewis Lost His Hearing. That Didn’t Stop Him From Making a Musical.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Dave Itzkoff | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

After Huey Lewis learned that a syndrome of the inner ear called Ménière’s disease had caused him significant hearing loss and left him unable to play or hear music, he faced the difficult task of having to tell his friends and peers. But their conversation proved to be an unexpected source of the pragmatic philosophy that Lewis built his career on. Over a breakfast interview last month, Lewis delivered a lively, solo re-enactment of that fateful talk with Torres. “He goes, ‘Hey, Huey, how ya doing?’” Lewis recalled. I said, ‘I’ve lost my hearing and I can’t hear pitch.

Persons: Huey Lewis, Lewis, Reagan, ”, Tico Torres, Bon Jovi, he’d, Torres, “, Huey, ” Lewis, ‘ Tico, it’s, ‘ I’ve, ’

☆ S.N.L. Brings Nikki Haley Into the Mix
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-04 | by ( Dave Itzkoff | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

“Saturday Night Live” resumed its election-season tradition of bringing on political candidates to play themselves, inviting Nikki Haley for a cameo in its opening sketches this weekend. Haley, who has tried to make use of comedy and popular culture as she trails former President Donald J. Trump in the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, appeared in a segment that was presented as a CNN town hall event with Trump (played by the show’s resident Trump impersonator, James Austin Johnson). Johnson fielded questions from other “S.N.L.” cast members, explaining how he planned to beat President Biden and would “stop Taylor Swift from infiltrating the Super Bowl.” The town hall moderators then introduced a question from an audience member “who describes herself as a concerned South Carolina voter.”

Persons: ”, Nikki Haley, Haley, Donald J, Trump, James Austin Johnson, Johnson, Biden, Taylor Swift, “ Organizations: CNN, Trump, Super Locations: Carolina

☆ ‘S.N.L’ Welcomes Bad Bunny and Mick Jagger
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( Dave Itzkoff | More About Dave Itzkoff | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The chaos surrounding efforts to choose a new speaker of the House may be less than ideal for the nation, but it’s practically a gift to “Saturday Night Live,” which satirized House Republicans’ political turmoil in an opening sketch this weekend. Speaking on a phone in his office, a seemingly calm Day said, “No, I didn’t win, honey. It’s OK. I’m feeling good.” Then after completing the call he broke the receiver in two. “Some of us are here to actually serve the American people,” Day said angrily. “All I want to do is get Congress back to work so I can shut it down again.”

Persons: Mikey Day, Jim Jordan of, “, ” Day, ” Organizations: Republicans Locations: Jim Jordan of Ohio

☆ Wrestling With His Past. And an Animatronic Shark.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Dave Itzkoff | More About Dave Itzkoff | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Ian Shaw has worked steadily in theater, TV and film projects while striving not to trade on the renown of his illustrious father. “You still have to have the conversation about your validity in comparison to your father,” he said. “As I’ve gotten older and more mature, I feel less burdened about that. Robert Shaw was a celebrated man of letters, a friend of Harold Pinter (whose play “Old Times” he starred in with Ure) and an accomplished playwright himself. He also made no secret of his heavy drinking, in an era when such habits were fundamental to the machismo of a generation of actors.

Persons: Ian Shaw, “, ”, I’ve, Robert Shaw’s, Mary Ure, Robert Shaw, Harold Pinter, Ure

☆ Buckle Your (DeLorean) Seatbelt: ‘Back to the Future’ Lands on Broadway
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Dave Itzkoff | More About Dave Itzkoff | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Gale’s inspiration for “Back to the Future” came in 1980 after seeing a photo of his father as a teenager in an old high-school yearbook, and he has become a passionate custodian of the franchise. That role dates back to at least 1989, the year a notorious “Back to the Future” Nintendo game was released. “One of the worst games ever,” he said. “The creative differences and the chemistry just didn’t work,” Ingram said. (Through a press representative, Lloyd confirmed that his departure was a mutual decision over creative differences but declined to comment further.)

Persons: ”, “, Zemeckis, Leslie, Alan Silvestri, Glen Ballard, Silvestri, ” Gale, let’s, Gale, Colin Ingram, Ballard, Jamie Lloyd, ” Ingram, Lloyd Organizations: Nintendo, Polar, Broadway Locations: British

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